Umlingisi oneminyaka engu-59 ubudala u-Eddie Murphy uveze umbono wokuthi embonini yamafilimu asekhona abantu abambalwa abanesikhumba esimnyama, kanye nabanye abancane. "Amadoda amhlophe aphatha leli bhizinisi. Ngakho-ke kwakuhlale njalo, "umlingisi wabelana. Ngokuqondene noMurphuy ngokwakhe, ngokuqondile kwakhe, ngokuqondisa kobandlululo bomculi wazibonakalisa hhayi kangako emhlabeni wama-movie njengasekuqaleni kwansuku zonke.
Umlingisi waxoxa ngokuqhubeka kwesikhathi okulindelwe yifilimu yakhe "eya eMelika" ngezikhathi zomsakazo. Ubuye waphakamisa ukuthi amahlaya ayengashintshile selokhu kwakhishwa le filimu kwizikrini ngo-1988, kepha yaqaphela ukuthi abantu "bashaqisa" ngenxa yokushintshana ngokunemba kwezepolitiki. "Kwakuyiminyaka eminingi, kepha lokhu akusebenzi kuphela kuma-Afrika aseMelika, kuyabakhathaza nabesifazane kanye nabanye abancane," kusho izikhathi zomsakazo ngokuntuleka kokuntuleka kokwehluka eHollywood.
Naphezu kohlu olude lwama-blockbusters kanye nezindima eziningi, u-Eddie uthe impumelelo yakhe eqhoshayo ayihlangene nalutho. Esikhundleni salokho, wagcizelela ukuthi uyaziqhenya kakhulu ngezingane zakhe eziyishumi, ngoba zonke zinobuhlakani futhi zinothando abantu abalithandayo abazithandayo. Ngo-Ephreli, inkanyezi izophenduka eneminyaka engama-60. Ngokusho kwakhe, kwadingeka ngidlule endleleni enzima yomzali, eyashintsha u-Eddie njengomuntu futhi yenza kwaba nezindlela eziguquguqukayo ngokomzwelo.